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State Agency Olmstead Designees

Executive Order 27, issued by Governor Tom Vilsack, calls for Iowa to move swiftly to implement the Olmstead decision. Designated state agencies (listed below, with their Olmstead designees) are to coordinate a comprehensive effort to reshape community-based services.

In response to Executive Order 27, state agencies, with help from the Real Choices project, are providing a self-assessment of their effectiveness in promoting community living for people with disabilities. In June, agencies provided preliminary reports to the Office of the Governor. The next step will be for each agency to develop an action plan to address the issues they've identified. These agencies and their Olmstead designees are listed below:
 
Administrative Services, Department of

General Services Enterprise
COO: Paul Carlson
Olmstead Designee: Dean Ibsen
Hoover Building, Level A
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0102
515-281-6051
dean.ibsen@dgs.state.ia.us

Human Resources Enterprise
COO: Nancy Berggren
Olmstead Designee: Joseph Ellis
Grimes Office Building
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
515-281-5607
joe.ellis@iowa.gov

Blind, Department for the
Director: Allen Harris
Olmstead designee: Bruce Snethen
524 - 4th Street
Des Moines, IA 50309-2364
515-281-1293
Snethen.Bruce@blind.state.ia.us

Board of Regents, Iowa
Director: Gregory Nichols
Olmstead designee: Thomas Evans
11260 Aurora Avenue
Urbandale, Iowa 50322-7905
esnewell@iastate.edu

Civil Rights Commission
Executive Director: Ralph Rosenberg
Olmstead designee: Dawn Peterson
Grimes Office Building
400 E. 14th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
515-281-8086
Dawn.Peterson@icrc.state.ia.us

Corrections, Department of
Director: John Baldwin
Olmstead designee: Jeanette Bucklew
IMCC, Box A
Oakdale, IA 52319

Economic Development, Department of
Director: Michael Tramontina
Olmstead designees: Donna Grgurich
200 E. Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
donna.grgurich@ided.state.ia.us
rose.wazny@ided.state.ia.us

Education, Department of
Director: Judy Jeffrey
Olmstead designee: Gail Sullivan
510 E. 12th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319

Elder Affairs, Department of
Director: John McCalley
Olmstead designee: Mary Anderson
Clemens Building, 3rd Floor
200 Tenth Street
Des Moines, IA 50309

Finance Authority, Iowa
Director: Brett Mills
Olmstead designee: Terri Rosonke
100 E. Grand, Suite 250
Des Moines, IA 50309
515-242-4846
carla.pope@ifa.state.ia.us

Human Rights, Department of
Director: Walter Reed, Jr.
Olmstead designee: Jill Fulitano-Avery
Lucas Office Building, 2nd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
kathryn.baumann-reese@iowa.gov
515-281-7121
jill.avery@iowa.gov
515-242-6344

Human Services, Department of
Director: Kevin Concannon
Olmstead designee: Allen Parks
Hoover Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0114
Mnelson1@dhs.state.ia.us

Inspections and Appeals, Department of
Director: Dean Lerner
Olmstead designee: Ronda Bennett
717 East Court, Suite B
Des Moines, IA 50309

Management, Department of
Director: Charles Krogmeier
Olmstead designee: Hugh Ceaser
Room 14, Capitol
Des Moines, IA 50319
515-281-7076
Hugh.Ceaser@idom.state.ia.us

Public Health, Department of
Director: Tom Newton
Olmstead designee: Dean Austin
Lucas Office Building
Des Moines, IA 50319-0075
515-242-6333
TBrown@idph.state.ia.us

Public Safety, Department of
Commissioner: Gene Meyer
Olmstead designee: Michael Coveyou
Wallace Office Building, 3rd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319
515-281-5042
coveyou@dps.state.ia.us

Transportation, Department of
Director: Nancy Richardson
Olmstead designee: Donna Johnson
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA 50010

Veterans Affairs, Iowa Department of
Director: Patrick Palmersheim
Olmstead designee: Patrick Palmersheim
Camp Dodge Commission Office
Camp Dodge Bldg - A6A
7700 NW Beaver Drive
Johnston, IA 50131
515-242-5331
Patrick.Palmersheim@icva.state.ia.us

Veterans Home, Iowa
Commandant: Daniel Steen
Olmstead designee: Diane Blackburn
1301 Summit Street
Marshalltown, IA 50158
641-753-4824
diane.blackburn@ivh.state.ia.us

Workforce Development, Department of
Director: Elisabeth Buck
Olmstead designee: Doug Keast
150 Des Moines Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
515-281-9045
douglas.keast@iwd.state.ia.us

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